UNSPSC 85501151: Destruction of right internal carotid artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right internal carotid artery, open approach. This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 035K0ZZ

UNSPSC 85501151 Destruction of right internal carotid artery, open approach is a Commodity code whose nominal medical-procedure classification does not align with the actual work state and local governments are buying under this code. Recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect procurement of occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluation coordination, employee health benefits management, pharmacy benefit administration, temporary clinical staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which involve vascular surgical procedures. The code shows no relevant recent activity in the state and local procurement market; the opportunities posted under it are administrative healthcare contracting and benefits management, not the surgical intervention the code nominally describes. Absent a data-entry error in how these opportunities were tagged, this code appears to carry stale or misaligned classification in state and local systems.

The recent opportunities do surface active procurement activity in occupational medicine, disability benefits administration, and clinical staffing across Arizona, California, Washington, and Texas. The Washington State Department of Transportation is seeking occupational medical surveillance services for ferry workers (due October 9, 2026); the City of Phoenix is contracting for disability medical record review and independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026); the County of Santa Clara is building a qualified vendor pool for temporary ancillary clinical staffing (due October 7, 2026); and Collier County is issuing an RFP for pharmacy benefit management services (due April 9, 2026). These solicitations represent the actual state and local healthcare procurement activity, though they do not correspond to the carotid artery procedure nominally coded under UNSPSC 85501151. Buyers evaluating this code should verify proper taxonomy assignment before pursuing opportunities posted under it.